31-01-2017, 06:25 AM
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Is Trump Politics Scary?
This is an old article but I have always found it very scary. Not Trump and his strange, populist politics but the really dark people who support him. I don't mind lobbyists but when the rule the roost something is wrong.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/30/donald-trump-george-monbiot-misinformation
You need to read the whole article, this is just the start:
"Yes, Donald Trump’s politics are incoherent. But those who surround him know just what they want, and his lack of clarity enhances their power. To understand what is coming, we need to understand who they are. I know all too well, because I have spent the past 15 years fighting them.
Over this time, I have watched as tobacco, coal, oil, chemicals and biotech companies have poured billions of dollars into an international misinformation machine composed of thinktanks, bloggers and fake citizens’ groups. Its purpose is to portray the interests of billionaires as the interests of the common people, to wage war against trade unions and beat down attempts to regulate business and tax the very rich. Now the people who helped run this machine are shaping the government."
31-01-2017, 11:22 AM
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Re: Is Trump Politics Scary?
His personality scares me a bit, I'm not sure anyone as petulant and childish should have any power. But the real scary ones are supporting him. It's a bit like UKIP here, a lot of very nasty racists jumped on the bandwagon giving UKIP a bad name, but instead of a steadying hand at the tiller like farage you have a man child stamping his feet at the helm.I don't know where it'll end I hope it doesn't go way I am fearing. I had hoped he would have more sensible advisors but seems not.
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